[TriLUG] In search of the walled machine at UNC

[Greg Brown]

I always thought it happened at N.C. State.   Anyway, here are two differing 
opinions on-lie about what did, or did not, take place regarding this Novell 
server  (curiously, both pages are from the UK):

The It Did Happen Story:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/5/18265.html

The It Did Not Happen Story:
http://www.shartwell.freeserve.co.uk/humor-site/mythellany.html


Greg


On Thursday 03 October 2002 04:05 pm, you wrote:
> I understand that the story was true but it was a Novell 3.1x server.
>
> Sinner from the Prairy wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I remember reading , some time a go, a bout a Linux box with an
> > incredible uptime. This machine had been lost, and was only found after
> > following the cable... and getting to a (now) walled room.
> >
> > Is this a real story? Is it an Urban Legend? Why I seem to remember that
> > this box was part of UNC-Chapel Hill?
> >
> > Can any one conform / dismiss the story? Any link?
> >
> > Salut,
> > Sinner
> > --
> > http://www.ibiblio.org/sinner/     Linux User # 89976
> > Running on Mandrake 8.2 - Kernel  2.4.18-8.1mdk    Linux Machine # 38068
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